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April 7 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening flat at
5,583 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 1.9% ahead
of cash market open.
* WORKSPACE: Workspace Group WKP.L flagged slowdown in lettings activity
due to COVID-19 related lockdowns in March as the office space provider received
several requests for rent relief for the duration of the restriction.
* INCHCAPE: Car dealership chain Inchcape INCH.L scrapped its dividend and
said its board and senior management would take a 20% pay cut as it sought to
cut costs to endure the coronavirus downturn. * ANGLO AMERICAN: London-listed miner Anglo American AAL.L said it would
convene its annual general meeting with the minimum quorum of two shareholders
in the wake of government restrictions due to COVID-19. * PLUS500: Online trading platform Plus500 PLUSP.L nearly doubled its
customer base in the first quarter of 2020, driving a six-fold rise in revenue,
as a market sell-off drove a boom in financial betting by retail traders locked
down in their homes. * CINEWORLD: British cinema operator Cineworld CINE.L said all its 787
cinemas across 10 countries have been shut due to the coronavirus pandemic and
that it was in talks with its lenders for ongoing liquidity requirements.
* OIL: Oil rose amid hopes that the world's biggest producers of crude will
agree to curtail production as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global
economy, even as analysts cautioned the cuts may do little to boost demand.
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* UK shares surged 3.1% on Monday, led by battered travel stocks, insurers
and housebuilders, as investors welcomed signs of slowing increases in
coronavirus-related deaths in the worst-affected parts of western Europe.
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